On the 22nd September the United Nations General Assembly adopted the “Pact for the Future” which, reports Reuters, UN secretary-general António Guterres describes as a landmark agreement that is a “step-change towards more effective, inclusive, networked multilateralism”…… UN News reports that….. ‘The Pact’s five broad focus areas include: sustainable development; international peace and security; science…
New study on the benefits of a global Basic Income (BI) derived from pricing pollution, aka Climate Income!
A new study published in Cell Reports Sustainability (7/6/24) on the effects of a universal basic income (BI) is based on analysis of 186 countries and is the largest of its kind to date*. It states that providing a BI could boost global gross domestic product (GDP) by US$ 163 trillion while acting to curb…
Our chance to show how Climate Income could help the new Government achieve its net zero targets!
As everyone will be aware the political landscape suddenly changed overnight on the 4th of July! CCL UK welcomes the new attitude where getting to Net Zero is seen as a real opportunity. (Article updated 18/7/24). There is a very useful analysis of exactly what the challenges and opportunities are on the Carbon Brief website.…